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  WANA - LoveToKnow Article on WANA
It forms the end of the chain of outposts extending from Quetta to Waziristan, and can be supported either from India by the Gomal Pass or from Quetta by the Zhob valley.
In 1894, when the Indo-Afghan boundary commission was delimiting the Waziri border, the Mahsud Waziris, thinking their independence to be threatened, made a night attack on the camp of the commission at Wana.
The result was the Waziristan Expedition of the same year, and the occupation of Wana by British troops.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /W/WA/WANA.htm   (214 words)

  
 Pakistan Times | Top Stories: Al-Qaeda Hunt: Sweeping Operation in Wana
The Wana operation started by Frontier Corps and Militia has been re-launched on Thursday with the help from Army and gunship helicopters, Secretary FATA said, yet he did not elucidate the specific number of the troops participating in the operation.
Wana, the Agency Headquarters of the South Waziristan Agency presented a look of a battlefield where thousands of troops have resumed what could be termed as the biggest operation in the tribal history against the terrorists, as reports suggest, are hiding in the belt.
Reports reaching late on Thursday night said the Wana city, where a large number of the residents were migrating to the safer places, had been besieged by troops, curfew was imposed, and the communication links of Wana were literally cut off with the rest of the country.
pakistantimes.net /2004/03/19/top.htm   (2032 words)

  
 WANA - Online Information article about WANA
WANA, a valley and frontier outpost of See also:
On the formation of the North-West Frontier Province in 1901 it was decided to replace the troops by See also:
militia, and Wana was handed over to them in 1904.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /VIR_WAT/WANA.html   (272 words)

  
 Human Organization: potential for sustainable harvests by traditional Wana Hunters in Morowali Nature Reserve, Central ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Wana's isolation in upland valleys insulates them from the often politically tumultuous coast, although warfare was not uncommon in the interior (Atkinson 1989).
There is evidence the Wana paid nominal tribute to both the sultanates of Ternate and of Bungku, and their isolation may have been a response to avoid past slave raiding and tribute demands.
The Wana are ethnographically known from a study of shamanism by Atkinson (1989) in the late 1970s and a general ethnography of the Posangke Wana written by the Dutch missionary Kruyt (1930).
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3800/is_200001/ai_n8888182   (1364 words)

  
 Big army movement begins in Wana -DAWN - Top Stories; 05 June, 2004
WANA, June 4: Army and paramilitary troops started massive mobilization in the South Waziristan tribal region on Friday amidst apprehensions of a fresh military operation against foreign militants and their protectors.
Eyewitnesses said that regular and paramilitary troops were digging trenches around the Wana and Azam Warsak bazaar.
Heavy weapons including artillery were being mounted on hilltops in Shin Warsak where security forces had fought a pitched battle with foreign militants and their tribal supporters in March, which resulting in a large number of casualties on both sides.
www.dawn.com /2004/06/05/top5.htm   (302 words)

  
 Just The Facts! 3001
Nonetheless, WANA's belief that competition promotes quality seems to be well-founded: the company is matching expectations in it's preliminary fiscal reports.
Although WANA, then known as "Ultra-Violent Wrestling", produced many future stars in its two and a half year run, almost none of the big names from that era moved on to continue their stardom after UVW closed it's doors in July of 1997.
- Word spread backstage at WANA that several of the development talents used as the masked wrestlers for the luchador match on the April 8 Beatdown were members of the famed Keening Clan of wrestling.
www.geocities.com /justthefacts3001/news/58.html   (1400 words)

  
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2The WANA region corresponds to sub-zones IVI, IV2, 1V3 and IV5 in Troll and Paffen's (1965) map of seasonal climates of the earth, and to the Csa, BSk, BShs, and BWh regions and subtypes defined by Koppen and Geiger (1936).
T'he comments made with respect to WANA countries conceming the future of ley farming based on the Australian pattem, do not necessarily apply to parts of Latin America, where it is reported that large areas are targeted for development projects based on leguminous pastures in rotations with grain crops.
The only WANA country which has a major upland area of faba beans is Morocco, where about 92,000 ha was reported in 1987 (64 percent of the national total) compared with a total of 50,000 ha from peas, chickpea and lentil combined.
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 Soil potassium mining in the WANA region, a matter of concern
The countries of the WANA region are exposed to arid/semi-arid climatic conditions, i.e.
Interestingly, although the domestic demand increases according to a growing population, the WANA regions is in the position to export some 2 million tons fruits and vegetables (net export), which represents currently a value of about $2.2 billion.
Use of mineral fertilizers in the WANA region increased steadily from a meagre 0.52 million t (Mt) in 1961 to currently 6.6 Mt NPK (Figure 6).
www.ipipotash.org /presentn/spmintwr.html   (2651 words)

  
 Wana Villas & Beach Resort, Kuta Bali   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Wana Villas and Beach Resort is on Berawa's secluded sand beach in a picturesque Balinese village called Desa Canggu.
Wana Villas and Beach Resort, situated in picturesque Balinese Village called Desa Canggu, 13Km to Denpasar, 16Km to Kuta, 30Km to Sanur, 26Km to Ngurah Rai Airport, 34Km to Tanah Lot, 36Km to Nusa Dua and 38Km to Ubud.
Wana Villas and Beach Resort has 162 guest-rooms of which 44 superior rooms, 6 one-bedroom junior suites, 2 one-bedroom executive suites are in the main building, all with ocean or swimming pool view, 104 deluxe rooms are in 19 cottages and 6 Private Villas in our tropical garden.
www.bali-tirtasila.com /bali_hotels/kuta_hotels/wana_villas   (383 words)

  
 Wana, Pakistan
Wana is located about 17 miles from the Afghan/Pakistan border on the eastern edge of a valley approximately 4,500 feet in elevation.
The farming village of Kalosha is located about 10 miles east of the Afghan/Pakistan border, and is surrounded to the East, North and west by three mountains ranging from 7,000 to about 10,00 feet in elevation.
Overview of the the area around the town of Wana and the village of Kalosha.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/pakistan/wana.htm   (663 words)

  
 Pakistan Times | National: Operation in Wana only against Terrorists: ISPR DG
LAHORE: Operation in Wana, the main town of the tribal belt of South Waziristan was being carried out exclusively against terrorists and not against any particular organisation.
About the overall law and order in Wana, he said "we are trying our best to comb entire the area and purge tribal belt of terrorist elements".
He said that their (terrorists') bases in Wana were being eliminated through political and military means.
pakistantimes.net /2004/11/07/national2.htm   (447 words)

  
 Wana profile   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Left alone, the spines may be gradually absorbed by human tissues - but urchin spine wounds and stings may require a doctor's care to assure that infection or encapsulation of the spine does not cause permanent damage.
Wana, like other urchins are most active at night, crawling over the reef framework as they scrape filamentous algae from the rocks and reef with a jaw made of five teeth.
Their nocturnal habits may be an adaptation to avoid day-time predators like the triggerfishes which are known to sometimes feed on even the long-spined urchins.
waquarium.mic.hawaii.edu /MLP/root/html/MarineLife/Invertebrates/Echinoderms/WanaLong-spineUrchin.html   (482 words)

  
 Balanced fertilization in WANA Region
West Asia North Africa, the WANA Region, is characterised by a steadily growing population.
To supply the population adequately with food, the countries of the WANA region have to increase imports of wheat from currently 28.2 million tons (mt) to 41.6 mt within the next 20 years.
One of the factors responsible for stagnating yields and decreasing FUE is the current unbalanced fertilizer use (figure 5).
www.ipipotash.org /presentn/fsitwrabi.html   (3278 words)

  
 Keyword   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Addressing a gathering of tribesmen in Wana, a town near the Afghan border, Maulana Abdul Malik, a member of Parliament's lower house, said the pardon for the five men would be announced by government and military officials on Saturday.
WANA, Pakistan (Reuters) - A Pakistani tribe whose members are accused of harbouring al Qaeda fighters is preparing to launch a hunt for the militants, after those sheltering them refused to surrender, tribal elders said on Friday.
WANA (South Waziristan Agency) — Taking stern notice of the attacks on Army Colony and para-military forces check-posts at Wana, the political authorities of South Waziristan Agency have fined the Ahmadzai Wazir tribe Rs 5.4 million for its failure to fulfil territorial responsibilities under the Frontier Crimes Regulations.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/keyword?k=wana   (3471 words)

  
 News
Assistant political agent, Wana, Khan Bakhsh Marwat, took the tribal elders to the Pakistan Army Camp at Zarinoor for the meeting.
One of the tribal elders, Malik Jamil Khan Tojikhel in an interview with the BBC Urdu Service confirmed the meeting with the US Senators and said they were asked about the presence of foreign militants in South Waziristan and the major problems and needs of the people in the area.
He said the tribal elders told the US Senators that foreign militants had left the Wana area and other parts of South Waziristan following the military operations conducted with support of the local population.
www.pakistanlink.com /Headlines/Jan05/15/05.htm   (693 words)

  
 Annual Report 2002
Consumption of the meat of small ruminants in WANA increased from 1.2 million tonnes in 1961 to 3.0 million tonnes in 2000-an average annual growth rate of 2.2%.
WANA countries regained some of that lost market share in the 1990s, but even so, controlled only about 38% of the regional market by 2000.
Probably it was the occurrence of a sharp rise in domestic demand in the traditional exporting countries of WANA which gave non-WANA exporters the opportunity to fill the gap between demand and supply.
www.icarda.cgiar.org /Publications/AnnualReport/2002/Th4_Pr2.htm   (2454 words)

  
 Wana -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Wana is a town/village in South Waziristan Agency in (A Muslim republic that occupies the heartland of ancient south Asian civilization in the Indus River valley; formerly part of India; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947) Pakistan's (additional info and facts about FATA Province) FATA Province.
The Pakistan Armed forces have been conducting armed operation against these Al qaeda members since august 2003 off and on.
These operations are being conducted under enormous pressure from the left hand fundamentalist religious groups, which had earlier been supporting these elements.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/w/wa/wana.htm   (110 words)

  
 Pakistan News PakTribune.Com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Dilating upon the situation in Wana area the spokesman said the operation is in its final stages and its objectives have been largely achieved.
A hardened den of miscreants has been completely dismantled, those local giving refuge to foreign elements have been uncovered and earlier reports of the presence of foreign elements in that particular area are confirmed.
He made it clear that government has achieved objectives with the military crackdown in Wana as a major strong hold of miscreants was destroyed in the area and this hide out will not be used any more.
www.paktribune.com /news/index.php?id=59754   (1037 words)

  
 Journalists allowed to visit Wana -DAWN - Top Stories; 17 September, 2004
ISLAMABAD, Sept 16: The government has allowed journalists to visit Wana, the regional headquarters of South Waziristan, to ascertain and project facts about presence of foreign militants and the ongoing operation by security forces there.
Mr Sherpao said the government would establish two media centres in Wana and Peshawar to provide latest information to the press about any development in South Waziristan.
He reiterated the government's offer to foreign militants in Wana that if they got themselves registered with the authorities, they would be given amnesty.
www.dawn.com /2004/09/17/top6.htm   (178 words)

  
 Honolulu Star-Bulletin Local News
Wana got out, flagged down another car, and whispered to the driver that the hitchhiker was the man who shot the ranger.
As Wana walked along the road keeping an eye on Boyce in the distance, Wana's boss drove up and stopped.
Attending the wake service last night for Makuakane-Jarrell, whose wife is his relative, Wana spent most of his time in the parking lot where he wouldn't be noticed.
starbulletin.com /1999/12/18/news/story2.html   (860 words)

  
 About Te Wana   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Te Wana can also help with submitting an organisation's own quality standards for endorsement by the accrediting body, the Quality Improvement Council (Australasia).
This is the time that the service spends on thinking through what the service is currently doing in relation to a standard (and more specifically indicators) and what it could or should be doing to meet the standard.
Te Wana staff liaise with the manager and internal contact/s of the group to ensure everything is going OK and will give advice where needed.
www.hca.org.nz /about.htm   (883 words)

  
 Is the Pakistan Army Using Bio-Weapons in Wana Operation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Is the Pakistan Army Using Bio-Weapons in Wana Operation
KARACHI, Sept 26: Refugees fleeing the Wana Waziristan war theater, being bombed by the Pakistan Army, have reported mysterious deaths of their friends and family members --- deaths which they say cannot occur unless a poisonous gas or a bio-weapon was used on a large scale.
Almost 15 to 20 families of various clans of Mahsud Tribes are migrating to Karachi from the war zone every day while innocent Waziri Tribesmen and their families are settling down in Southern Punjab.
www.satribune.com /archives/sept04/P1_mas.htm   (721 words)

  
 The New Frontier
Gunship helicopters hovered over the mountains surrounding the small town of Wana, cannons fired and explosions echoed as smoke billowed out of mud houses.
But temporary comfort was all one could provide him - Lali Khan was too old and too mortally wounded to survive the five-hour-long journey it would take to reach the nearest hospital.
Officials say some 400-500 "foreign terrorists" were engaged in the fighting.
www.newsline.com.pk /NewsApr2004/cover1apr2004.htm   (1962 words)

  
 Pakistan Link Headlines   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Pakistan Army and paramilitary troops jointly undertook an operation against the militants of foreign origin hiding in some houses some 25 kilometers in the South of Wana, a tribal area of Pakistan bordering to Afghanistan.
US Secretary of State, Collin Powell is arriving Islamabad on March 17-18 with a possible agenda to convince both India and Pakistan to continue observing ceasefire at the Line of Control of the disputed territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
He would be discussing plan of the US forces to search bin Laden in Afghanistan bordering to Pakistan and would hear Pakistan’s strategy to move simultaneously in its tribal areas against the militants of al-Qaeda and Taliban.
www.pakistanlink.com /headlines/March04/09/01.html   (425 words)

  
 A Rare Peek into Pakistan Army's Wana Operation, Billed as Oppressive   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
ISLAMABAD, Sept 24: Pakistan's top independent human rights organization has called for access to a tribal area where it accuses the army of human rights abuses.
Pakistan's military has, however, taken a group of foreign and local journalists on an escorted trip to the scene of what it says was one of the most important confrontations with militants.
They flew us into the Shakai Valley, north of Wana, the main commercial center of South Waziristan.
www.satribune.com /archives/sept04/P1_bbc.htm   (707 words)

  
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 WANA BERAWA (Former Dewata Beach Hotel), Bali, Indonesia - Discount Hotel Reservations   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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